The Birthday Girl :)

Hi peeps and hope you are all OK today xxx

We are playing catch up again as I went on a mission of mercy yesterday to help somebody out and was late getting back home!!

And it’s my birthday today – I am verry old once again.  I seem to forget that for the other 364 days of the year lol!!! I am planning a nice quiet day but Miss Kyla, now recovered from her bug, will be round later and no doubt she will have something planned.

R got me some nice prezzies including a new supply of …

… one of my faves, Angel by Thierry Mugler.

In fact I put some on as soon as I opened it.  I am still in my PJs now, which are  fleecy and practical so I look a bit of a treat  - not -  but I smell FAB!! I also got a yummy candle (a special one which I will save for very best), a Next voucher and some kitchen stuff which I wanted (boring I know but I love cooking and I will enjoy using them).

Anyway enough of all that old age malarky stuff!!.

Over at the Simon Says Stamp Challenge this week, we have a sketch for you which was done for us by our very own Domi - thank you chick xxx

The Design Team are this week showcasing STICKLES or GLITTER and some of use have used  LA LA LAND STAMPS but of course you don't have to use them if you want to join in :)

As always there is a fabulous one of these …..

... for one lucky winner to spend ….

… here.

So this is the sketch and …

.. this is what I did.

I am getting into the habit of actually sticking to them lately lol!!

I’ll put the shopping list and deets at the end :)

I know :(
It’s truly awful but sometimes I cannot help it!!

So stuff I used was as follows and if you do the clickie piccie thing it should take you straight to the right place in the shop …

…  which was coloured with these Copics -

C00, C1,  C5, C7, E31, E50, G99, R00, R11, R17, R27, R59, YG03

and also these ….

   

And of course if you get a sec, check out the shop site because there is new stuff being added all the time :)

Now before I go, I have another one of these to share. It’s the same cute lil stud-muffins that I shared yesterday but this one made me literally LOL. Check out the O-Ohhs from the twin on the left and the cool moves from the twin on the right. If this doesn’t put a smile on yer face then nowt will!!

Enjoy, have a fab day and see you soon.

Hugs to all, hey ya xxx

Now There’s A Shock lol!!!

 

Morning peeps and hope you are all OK today :)

Over at Papertake Weekly, it’s time to get out your fave colours cos our theme this week is

I’m Dreaming Of A (your fave colour) Christmas.

And …..

… guess what I went for???

It HAD to be really :)

I coloured Tilda with the following Copics -

E000, E00, E11, E21, R11, R20, E40, E41, E42, E43, E50, C00, C1, C3, C5, R85, RV0000, RV000, RV00, RV10

All the papers are from Nitwits – FBQ Confection Collection

The pretty silver jingle bells and 38mm silver mesh ribbon are both from The Ribbon Girl …

… as are the beautiful pink two tone blossoms

 

So that’s me done and I will be back shortly.

This should have been posted yesterday of course but I had probs getting it on here.

Before I go, I’ll leave you with something  somebody showed me on YouTube – these kids are fab and this just made me smile (BEPs eat your heart out!!)

Kyla loves the wii and  this is one of her faves on Just Dance 3. Poor little poppett isn’t dancing much at the mo cos she has a bug and was doing the vom thing for most of the night. She isn't too impressed because her wobbly tooth came out during one ‘episode’, never to be seen again;!! Never mind, I told her that the tooth fairy gives extra when that happens.

Right, enjoy and I’ll be back later on.

Hugs to all xxx

Bless ‘em!!

3 Wee Trees & A Little Tutorial For You x

 

Hi there lovely peeps and firstly apologies for getting this on here late – I was here, there and everywhere yesterday and forgot to schedule the post.

But anyway we are here now and it’s time to see what’s happening over at the Simon Says Stamp Challenge this week.
Our teamie Joy has created the beautiful photomontage above which I think is gorgeous. There’s lots of inspiration there I think and thank you chick for making this for us to work with xxx

As always, there is a whopper of a  …..

… which this week’s winner can spend …

… right here.

So this is my card.

The picture  has a really vintage feel to it but there’s also a few modern aspects as well so I tried to combine both!!

The little trees were ever so easy to make and here’s a quick tutorial to show you how I did them (and please excuse the not very awesome pics peeps!!)

I started with a piece of 6 x 6 paper (I used green card here so that you can see it easier) and this will make 2 trees.

 

 

 

 

 

The tape overhanging the edges here was just to stop it curling up for the pic. Paper doesn't do this but card does.

OK, on with the tut …..

 

 

All you have to do now is put some tape on the wrong side to hold it together and it’s all done :)

 

I inked the edges with some of Lord Timmie’s Tattered Rose Distress Ink and added a star and a ‘trunk’ and soem little pearls which were coloured with Copics.

The embossing folder was swiped with Distress Ink and then I added some glitter.
This pic doesn't show it but it glistens like ice.

I printed the sentiment onto some Safmat – awesome stuff!!!

 

And there it is done!!!

Stuff I used here is all from Simon Says Stamp and it was …

                    

 

 

Doing the clickie piccie thing  will take you straight to the right pace on the website :)

So we are all done.

I hope you find the tutorial helpful – it’s easier to show in pics than trying to explain it with my gobbledegook speak!!!

Have a fab day and I’ll see you soon.

Huggiest of hugs to all xxx

Never Too Old …..

Hi there peeps and hope you are all OK today. It’s a bit grey and miserable here right now which is just what you want when you have to go and do a bit of Chrimbly shopping later (not!!)

Or maybe I’ll leave it until tomorrow!!

Anyhoos, over at Papertake Weekly  it’s the first one of the month and we have our usual

Anything Goes

theme with the option of adding something dangly.

There’s a a £10voucher up for grabs from those lovely Lili Of The Valley fairies, Lisa & Laila (thank you chicksies xxx)

Now you can probably see that my dangly bit isn’t very dangly at all to be fair but anyway it’s sort of there.

I used one of the new LOTV releases here and this little sweetie is Never Too Old For A Hug – quite!!!

I gave her the old Copics treatment in these colours -

E000, E00, E11, E21, R00, R20 (skin), E41, E42, E43, E50 (hair), B0000, B000, B00, B12, YG0000, YG00, YG03, W00. W1, W3, W5 (the rest).

Here’s a few piccies ….

I thought that these fab star pins from The Ribbon Girl matched  the stars on her frock – aren't they pretty.  :)

The papers are from a First Edition 6 x 6 Up Up & Away paper pack which is available from Dies To Die For and the self adhesive pearls are from Wild Orchid Crafts

 

So there’s me card all done for today.

I’ll be back tomoz with a bit more cardage so I’ll see you then and enjoy the rest of your day and if you get a sec, nip and have a moocho at the PTW girlies cards on the main challenge blog – they are FABBEROONIE!!

Huggiest of hugs to all xxx

Catching Up (Or How To Be Disorganised!!!) And Some Thank Yous xxx

Hi there peeps and hope you are all OK today xxx

I’m doing a bit of a catch up today and sharing a card which I made for last week’s Just Magnolia Challenge but I had probs uploading it so it never went on the main blog in time. I intended to put it on here this week while the challenge was still running but due to being a dozy beggar, that never happened, so I thought I’d share it today.

The challenge was Pink  White / Red …..

… so this is what I did.

I used Through My Heart Tilda and coloured her with these Copics -

E000, E00, E11, E21, R11, R20, E41, E42, E43, E50, R17, R27, R59, R85, RV0000, RV00, RV01, RV10

The papers I used were sent to me by the lovely Tracy at Dies To Die For. She had lots of spares and thought we could all use them up. So this is the first one I made with them,  and thank you for being so generous to us T xxx

I have to fess up here cos I nicked this idea from my friend and fellow pickled onion lover, the card making / crafty genius that is  Chris Dark ( so thanks for your inspiration sweet cheeks and hope to see you next year xxx)

I used the little heart die as a mini easel card thing on the main easel card if you get my drift.

It’s so sweet and such a clever idea (so clearly not one of mine then!!)

A little Tilda Swirl and pink gingham ribbon adornment – 2 of my faves here, slobber, drool :)

I have to say thank you as well to Janice over at Sir Stampalot for sending me the heart and lace dies (amongst other things) for a recent commission I did xxx.  As you can see Janice, these things are for life and not just for commissions lol!!

I will use them loads for sure.

So here’s the shopping list peeps -

From Sir Stampalot -

     

From Simon Says Stamp

From The Ribbon Girl

From Wild Orchid Crafts

So I’m done for the week.

Don’t forget that there is another fab challenge this week over at Just Magnolia and this week it’s the turn of Team A  and my sweet friend Donalda is hosting so if you get a sec, nip and have a moocheroonie :)

I’m off to do some work then I have the prep to do later for tomorrow’s jewellery class at Purple Butterfly Crafts (we are going to be very glam tomorrow lol!!) and then this weekend it’s prepping for Monday’s card club. Phew I am exhausted just thinking about but it keeps me of the streets I guess lol!!

We have Kyla tomorrow night instead of tonight this weekend so Rebekah reminded me that it’s the Christmas Market in Chester (thank you chick xx)  and it looks so pretty so we are heading into town when it starts to go dark so that she can see it all. There is an old fashioned helter skelter there as well and I’m not sure she has ever seen one before.

Here’s some pics to get us in the mood …

   

  

Apparently there is no big wheel this year but I liked the pic so I included it anyway!!

So have a great weekend, whatever you are doing,  and I’ll see you next week.

Hugs to all xxx